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Past Winners

Past Winners of the Small Business of the Year Awards

2014 Winners

Small Business of the YearDesign & Promote

Lifetime Achievement Award – Mayor A. George Pradel

Business-to-BusinessDesign & Promote

Business-to-ConsumerReebie Storage & Moving

ProfessionalSikich LLP

Not-for-ProfitKidsMatter

ServiceShowalter Roofing Service, Inc.

 

2013 Winners

Small Business of the Year - Naperville Dental Specialists & General Oral Health Care

Lifetime Achievement Award – The Anderson Family

Business-to-Business – Paul Gregory Media

Business-to-Consumer – Players Indoor Sports

Professional – Naperville Dental Specialists & General Oral Health Care

Not-for-Profit - Giving DuPage

Retail - Le Chocolat du Bouchard

 

2012 Winners

Small Business of the Year - Clark’s Car Care

Lifetime Achievement Award – Tim West

Business-to-Business - Vintage Tech Recyclers

Business-to-Consumer - Clark’s Car Care

Professional - Jeffrey Ross Photography

Not-for-Profit – Naperville CARES

Retail – Two Bostons

Excellence in Business:

 

2011 Winners

Small Business of the Year – Chef by Request

Lifetime Achievement Award – Bev Patterson Frier

Business-to-Business – The Beaird Group

Business-to-Consumer – Chef By Request

Professional – Sherman Oaks Dental

Not-for-Profit – Samaritan Interfaith Counseling Center

Retail – Braconi’s Restaurant & Pizzeria

Excellence in Business:

 

2010 Winners

Small Business of the Year – Anderson’s Bookshop

Lifetime Achievement – Kenneth Packer, PhD, P.E.

Business to Business – ARDS Services, Inc.

Business to Consumer – Expert Plumbing Heating & Electrical

Professional Category – Advanced Health of Naperville

Not-For-Profit – LifeSource Blood Services

Retail Category – Anderson’s Bookshop

Excellence in Business:

 

2009 Winners

Small Business of the Year – Naperville Running Company

Lifetime Achievement – Raymond Jones

Non-Profit – Loaves & Fishes Community Pantry

1 – 5 Employees – Lellbach Builders

6 – 30 Employees – Naperville Running Company

31 – 99 Employees – Hursthouse, Inc.

100+ Employees – Visiting Angels

5 under 5:

 

2008 Winners

Small Business of the Year – Newman Architecture

Lifetime Achievement – Frank Slocumb

Non-Profit – Naperville Community Television, Channel 17

1 – 5 Employees – Buddingh & Associates, Inc.

6 – 30 Employees – Newman Architecture

31 – 99 Employees – Packer Engineering

5 under 5 :

 

2007 Winners

Small Business of the Year – Belgio’s Catering

Lifetime Achievement – Carmen DiGiovine

Business to Business – Design Resource Center

Business to Consumer – Belgio’s Catering

Professional – Esser Hayes Insurance Group

Non-Profit – Naperville Area Humane Society

Retail – Canterbury Shoppe

 

2006 Winners

Small Business of the Year – My Chef Catering

Lifetime Achievement – W. Edward Channell

Business to Business, Service – My Chef Catering

Business to Consumer, Service – Inside-Out Painting, Inc.

Professional – Klein, Hall & Associates, LLC, CPA’s

Non-Profit – NCO Youth & Family Services

Retail – Café Bunoaro’s

 

2005 Winners

Small Business of the Year – Brennan & Brosnan, LLC

Lifetime Achievement – Brian Schultz (In Memoriam)

Business to Business, Service – Advantage Bookkeeping Professionals, Inc.

Business to Consumer, Service – Treemendous Landscape Company

Professional – Brennan & Brosnan, LLC 

Not-Profit – Naperville Jaycees

Retail – Oswald’s Pharmacy

 

2004 Winners

Small Business of the Year – john greene, Realtor

Lifetime Achievement – Bill Brestal

Business to Business, Service – Corporate Strategies & Solutions

Business to Consumer, Service – john greene, Realtor

Professional – Kuhn, Heap & Monson Law Offices

Non-Profit – Naperville United Way

Retail – Russell Martin Carpets & Rugs

 

2003 Winners

Small Business of the Year – BBM, Inc.

Lifetime Achievement – Mary Lou Cowlishaw

Business to Business, Service – BBM, Inc.

Business to Consumer, Service – Extra Closet

Professional – Friedrich Jones Funeral Home

Non-Profit – Naper Settlement

Retail – Casey’s Foods

 

2002 Winners

Small Business of the Year – Colbert Custom Framing

Lifetime Achievement – Rita Harvard

Professional – The Collins Law Firm

Non-Profit – DuPage P.A.D.S.

Retail – Colbert Custom Framing

Service – The Inkwell – Al Lautenslager

Technology Integral Corporation

 

2001 Winners

Small Business of the Year – Elegante Salons & Day Spas

Lifetime Achievement – Larry Gregory

Special Recognition – W. Brand Bobosky

Professional – Naperville Foot Clinic

Non-Profit – Exchange Club

Retail – Anderson’s Bookshop 

Service – Elegante Salons & Day Spas

Technology – Advanced Data Technologies

 

2000 Winners

Small Business of the Year – FASTSIGNS

Lifetime Achievement – Harold Moser

Special Recognition – Samaritan Interfaith

Professional – DiGiovine, Hnilo, Jordan & Johnson, Ltd.

Retail – FASTSIGNS

Service – Reality Fitness

Technology – Terasys, Inc.

 

1999 Winners

Small Business of the Year – Unety Systems

Lifetime Achievement – Owen “Dutch”Beidelman

Professional – Dommermuth, Brestal, Cobine & West

Retail – Growing Place

Service – Tidy International

Technology – Unety Systems

 

1998 Winners

Small Business of the Year – Hitchcock Design Group

Lifetime Achievement – Dorcas Pearcy

Professional – Hitchcock Design Group

Retail – Toenniges Jewelers

Service – Minuteman Press

Technology – Sound Incorporated